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I was in two places at once... so odd... and this veil like the surface of some deep pond before me. Then... something moved beyond it... was that some sort of dorsal fin?? I leaned forward to touch the surface of the membrane and then what happened next I swear nearly killed me from its sheer bizzarity.

From behind the white chair (or was it from inside it?) a creature emerged. It was not a happy, smiley elf. Tell you the truth, I cannot, will not describe what I saw. It had innumerable tentacles, like a cross between some weird octopus or jellyfish — and the EYES! OH MY GOD THE EYES!!! I froze on the spot thinking, shit that's it, I've gone and done it now, I'm fucking toast. I never believed. I should have believed. And now I'm at the mercy of something much, much, bigger (and complex, and clever and definitely malevolent) than myself.

I asked it its name. I wish I had not asked. Its voice utterly destoyed me. It was like being caught in a storm of psychic noise — a whirlwind of deadly electrical shrapnel. I think I shuddered and started to drool uncontrollably at this point. I think I also urinated in my jeans.

With its innumerable eyes it gazed at me steadily and extended a tentacle. At the same moment it fired a beam of light directly between and above my eyes. The alien laser was pinkish-green. It hurt. I begged it to stop. I whimpered. please stop, you're hurting me. I'm fragile. Please be careful — I am sentient and mean you no harm...

It seemed to consider this; the laser was withdrawn but the tentacles (there were more now) still held me in place. I was trying to make out details of its shape or structure but the closer I looked, the more it slipped away from me. It seemed to tell me in some weird non-verbal fashion not to struggle and to stop making noise with my eyes. I took this to mean, 'Be calm, do not struggle, clear your head, see but don't look.'

Then it became a little clearer. It seemed to be cloaked in some way — some sort of organic hood and covering was wrapped around it — some sort of armour or protection. The tentacles had no substance as we know it and the eyes were the most awe-inspiring/terrifying thing I have ever beheld. They defied counting. They defied reason. The whole thing was too much and I felt myself losing my mind.

I...JUST...LOST...IT...goooooooooonnnnnne...
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